The funeral service for Jo Ann Andrews will be Monday January 19th at 2:00 PM at Calvary Baptist Church in Rochester. The Reverend Dwight LaPine will officiate. Burial will follow at the Milton Cemetery in Milton Township. Mrs. Andrews, 78, of Pine Island, died Wednesday January 14, 2015 at Pine Haven Care Center in Pine Island.
Jo Ann Jeanette Taylor was born January 25, 1936 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Kenneth and Myrtle (Jones) Taylor. She married David Andrews on June 12, 1964 in Omaha, Nebraska. In the mid-1960s, the couple moved to Rochester, Minnesota. Jo Ann enjoyed life, and she loved her family. She was talented in arts and crafts. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Rochester, and was a member of the Rebekah Lodge.
She is survived by her sons, Kenneth (Wendy) Andrews of Grand Junction, Colorado, and Michael (Polly) Andrews of Saint Augustine, Florida; daughters, Robin (Dr. Allan) Clark of rural Pine Island, and Rebecca Sherry of Rochester; 12 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two sisters, Joyce Brotherton of Byron, and C. Kay (John) McCullough of Council Bluffs, Iowa; and two brothers, Phil (Sandy) Taylor, and Larry (Sherry) Taylor, both of Council Bluffs. She was preceded in death by her husband in 2009, her parents, and a sister, Judith Woods.
A visitation will be held Sunday from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Mahn Family Funeral Homes, Mahler Chapel, in Pine Island. The visitation will continue one hour prior to the service on Monday at the church.
Online tributes are being welcomed and may be created at this website.
Visitation
JAN
18.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (CST)
Mahn Family Funeral Home, Mahler Chapel
209 NW 1st Ave. P.O. Box 117
Pine Island, MN 55963
Service
JAN
19.
2:00 PM (CST)
Calvary Baptist Church
5905 Silas Dent Road NW
Rochester, MN